Resilient tire.



J. THISSBN.

RESILIENT TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.5, 1912.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

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RESILIENT TIRE.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1912.

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JACOB THISSEN, OE' KANE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RESILIENT TIRE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 26, MM5.

Application led September 5, 1912. Serial No. 718,774.

To all e071 om t may concern Be it known that l, .lecon Trrissnn,citizen of the United States, residing,` at Kane, in the county otMclean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Resilient rlires, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to vehicle tires and particularly to resilienttires, and the primary object of the invention is the provision of asimple, durable and etlicient construction of tire having` thecharacteristics of the ordinarypneumatic and cushion tires without,however, the liability of being punctured or otherwise damaged inservice.

A `further object is to improve upon the construction illustrated in mypending application, Serial No. 690,017, filed April l1, 1912, bysimplifying said construction and rendering it better able to withstandjar and wear.

A still further object is to provide a tire, the outer covering' ofwhich is composed ot a series of overlappingr sections of rawhide,canvas, leather or like material detachably connected to the rim of thewheel so that they may he readily removed or replaced.

A further object is to provide in connection with a protective covering'of the character described, an inner metallic rim or support for theouter covering which is rcsiliently held in spaced relation to the rimof the wheel. Y

A further object is to so form this metallic protective supportingsheath that it shall be composed of sections interlinked with each otherso as to provide for flexibility in this inner support.

A still further object is to so construct the tire that it shall beprovided with a plurality of radially projecting' pins which shallproject slightly beyond the outer face of the cover and formanti-skidding' studs.

A further object is to connect the sections of the inner metallic sheathby means of links or chains connected to these studs so as to bind thesections of the sheath together while yet allowing them to have acertain iiexibility and thus holding thesections in engagement witheachother.

'Other objects will appear inthe course of the following' description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanyinp,` drawings wherein:

Figure l is a side elevation of a wheel constructed in accordance withmyinvention. Fig. 2 lis a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3,the `guiding pins being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a fragmentarylongitudinal section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. /lis a like viewto llig. 3 but showing' a modified arrangement. Fig'. 5 is a perspectivedetail view of two of the sections of the inner sheath.

Corresponding' and like parts are referred to in the following"description and indicated in all the views of the accompanyinsV drawingsby the same reference characters.

Referring to these drawings, Z designates a wheel of any ordinaryconstruction provided with the usual radial spokes and havin e; the rim3. l do not wish to ce limited to any particular formation for thiswheel as it is obvious that my invention is equally applicable to manyforms of wheel. Attached to each side face of the rim 3 is an annularplate l of sheet metal or like material which may be either in oneentire piece or formed in sections as desired. Riveted or otherwiseattached to the rings i are a plurality ofsections 5 formed of leather,rawhide, canvas, rubber or any other suitable material, these sectionstogether forming;- a covering for the rim of the wheel and providing atread face for the tire. These sections overlap each other and aresomewhat scaliforrn as illustrated in Fig. l.. That portion of eachsection or scale which is covered by the next adjacent sections or bothof the overlapping portions of the sections or scales is reduced inthickness so as to leave the face of the tire practically Hush and'without projection as far as the tire cover goes. This is indicated inFig. 8.

The sections 5 extend entirely around the rim of the wheel and thesections are connected to each other on opposite sides by means of theflat rines 6 which extend aloner the margins of the several sections 5.Screws or like devices 'i' extend through the annular plate ll. themargrins of the several sections 5 and through the ring* plates 6 so asto connect the same together. T he ring plates 6 act to reinforce themarginsof the several sections and prevent the several sections frombeine; torn away.

Mounted interiorly of the cover sections 5 and extending around thewheel is a supporting rim designated senerallv 8 and composed asillustrated in Fig. 5 of a plurality of interlinked sections 9. Eachsection conmay be readily removed when it is desired to replace them,but it will of course be obvious that the pins might be formed With ahead so shaped as to be engaged by a Wrench.

What I claim is:

l. The combination With a Wheel rim or felly, of a plurality of socketsmounted on the Wheel rim, outwardly projecting tubular members carriedby the sockets, annular side plates attached to the rim, a iiexiblecover attached at its margins to said side plates, an outer rim composedof sections of sheet metal exibly connected to each other and eachformed with a plurality of bosses, each l boss at its inner end beingformed with a socket, springs carried in the sockets of the elly and theouter rim and surrounding said tubular member, screw-threaded pinspassing through the bosses of the outer rim and surrounded by saidsprings, a circumferential web attached to the side plates, and atubular member, one for each spring, carried by said Web and surroundingthe springs.

2. In a resilient Wheel, the combinationl With a Wheel rim, of aplurality of socket members mounted thereon, side plates connected tothe rim, a transverse Web extending between said side plates andextending concentric to the rim and having openings, a radially directedsleeve disposed within each opening, tubular members disposed in eachsocket and smaller in diameter than said sleeves and extendingtherethrough, an outer rim composed of a plurality of seetions havinglimited movement With relation to each other, pins projecting inwardfrom said sections, the inner end of each lnin being disposed Within acorresponding tubular member, and springs inclosing said outer sectionsand surrounding said pins and the tubular member and being disposedbetween the tubular member and the correspending sleeve.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

JACOB THISSEN.

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